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The Arab Revolt in Hejaz begins. Naval: HMS Hampshire is sunk off the Orkney Islands; Lord Kitchener dies. June 8 Naval: In the Adriatic Sea the Italian troopship SS Principe Umberto is sunk by an Austro-Hungarian submarine. It is the deadliest sinking of the war, with 1,900 lives lost. June 10 Politics
Polling conducted by YouGov in 2014 suggested that 58% of modern British adults believed the Central powers were primarily responsible for the outbreak of the First World War, 3% the Triple Entente (the major countries in each group were listed), 17% both sides and 3% said they didn't know. 52% believed generals had failed British soldiers, 17% ...
Beckett, Ian Frederick William (1985), A Nation in Arms: A Social Study of the British Army in the First World War, Manchester University Press 1985, ISBN 0-7190-1737-8; Beckett, Ian Frederick William (2006), Home Front 1914–1918: How Britain Survived the Great War, The National Archives, ISBN 978-1-903365-81-6
World War 1 begins 1918 11 November World War 1 ends 1939 3 September Britain declares war on Nazi Germany and enters World War 2: 1945 8 May Germany surrenders and World War 2 ends in Europe 1948 5 July The National Health Service is founded 1973 1 January: UK joins the European Communities (predecessor of the European Union). 1982 11 October
German bombing of Paris during First World War; German bombing of Britain (1914–1918) Bombing of London during the First World War. Operation Turk's Cross (1916) Harvest moon offensive (1917) Arrival of the Giants (1917) Fire plan (1917) Whitsun Raid (1918) Tipton Zeppelin raid (1916) Bombing of Warsaw during World War I 1915 in aviation
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
Britain did not gain or lose anything from the war and had exited the war a year before it ended due to financial trouble. Russian Allied victory: Tsardom of Russia establishes itself as a new power in Europe. Decline of Swedish Empire and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) including. Queen ...
Spain seeks and signs peace treaty with England in light of imminent war with France; Treaty of Madrid, similar to previous Anglo-Spanish treaty although somewhat less strict regarding trade; England bankruptcy practically ends English support to Dutch Republic in Eighty Years' War; 1627 1629 Anglo-French War (1627–1629) England France